Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Carey Lowe, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Carey Lowe registered to vote in Colorado County on August 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Carey Lowe

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Carey Lowe
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Colorado County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Carey Lowe reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Lowe in Colorado County

  • John Loweborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852

Lowes elsewhere in Texas

All 9 freedmen named Lowe in Texas

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 42 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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